BEIJING, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novell and
Tencent today announced the
establishment of a research laboratory in Shenzhen, China to jointly develop an Internet
Data Center (IDC) cloud computing platform. Tencent, China's
largest Internet service portal with more than 480 million active
users, is adopting SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server and PlateSpin®
Orchestrate as its auto-deployment system. As part of the
agreement, Tencent will also utilize
intelligent workload management solutions from Novell, including
PlateSpin Workload Management, to create a flexible and
easy-to-expand IDC cloud platform that will allow users to build,
purchase and run business applications in a faster and more
convenient way.
"Tencent has recognized the value
of our solutions to its business," said Dr. Sen Ming Chang, managing director of Novell East Asia. "This cloud computing
laboratory will create a powerful IDC cloud platform that will not
only promote IDC industry development but also help companies
improve productivity and reduce costs. Our collaboration with
Tencent further proves Novell's
leadership in cloud computing and the intelligent workload
management market. We spare no effort to provide customers with
excellent solutions and services, and hope more companies like
Tencent will adopt our virtual
solutions."
Typically, IDC vendors lease resources from solution providers
and make a profit by then leasing space, bandwidth and other
resources to customers. With the rise of Web 2.0 and
bandwidth-intensive multi-media sites, as well as increased
business usage, demand for the IDC solutions has grown.
Because of this rapid development, the IDC industry and a number
of Tencent's operations have met with
considerable challenges. To address these challenges, Tencent built its virtualization and data center
engine using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Xen Virtualization
and Novell® PlateSpin Orchestrate. To date, the engine has achieved
significant results including more efficient utilization,
operational flexibility, improved productivity, lower costs and
greater compatibility and security.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), the leader in the intelligent
workload management market, helps organizations securely deliver
and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud
computing environments. We help customers reduce the cost,
complexity, and risk associated with their IT systems through our
solutions for identity and security, systems management,
collaboration and Linux-based operating platforms. With our
infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell
integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to
work as one. For more information, visit www.novell.com.
About Tencent
Founded in November, 1998, Tencent, Inc. has grown into China's largest and most used Internet service
portal. In its ten-year history, Tencent has been able to maintain steady and
fast-paced growth by always putting its users first. On
June 16th, 2004, Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK 700) went public
on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. As of March ,
2010, Active Instant Messaging ("IM") user accounts have reached
568.6 million. Peak simultaneous online user accounts for IM
services have reached 105.3million. QQ.com has become China's most visited Internet portal website.
PaiPai.com has also become China's
second largest Internet shopping platform.
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